Parental Attitudes Towards Chi

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a lastborn, or somewhere in between, parents need to become aware of stereotyping by looking beyond it, and attempting to treat each child equally and uniquely.
In today�s society parents pay different amounts of attention and attend differently to children of opposing birth order. Parents have distinct expectations for each of their offspring�s. A study done by Spitze and Logan showed that parental attitudes towards their children may be affected by their number, gender, and birth order. These factors also
influence the closeness the child feels towards his parents. Furthermore, the study shows that as the number of siblings increases in the family the oldest and youngest children tend
to be closer to their parents than the middle children (Spitze and Logan 871).
Parents also tend to have higher expectations for their oldest children than for children of any other birth order. New parents do not have much experience when they have their first child and therefore tend ...

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is born than they will be with later children because they are
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uncertain of their ability to care for a child. Their inexperience may cause them to expect more of their first child than they will expect of later children" (Forer 97). And so the first child immediately becomes the "crown prince" or "crown princess" of the family (Forer 97). He becomes used to having the undivided love and attention from his parents.
Later when Mommy and Daddy bring home a "wrinkled little bundle" and call it a new little brother or sister, the firstborn�s world becomes shattered in a matter of minutes (Leman 143). They must now share their parents complete devotion and care with another sibling. ...

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